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THE GERMINATORS!

The Germinators are a group of students from Diamond View Middle school who worked with the Health Educator from the Lassen County Public Health Department to implement a flu prevention campaign as part of the Lassen County Public Health Pandemic Flu Prevention Program. Their mission was to spread the message of the importance of regular and proper hand washing.

We performed for our middle school as well as the two elementary schools in our Susanville School District. We passed out age appropriate activity books all about hand washing at the schools for the students to work on in class with their teachers. We also performed for our School Board of Trustees! It was such a hit!

Halloween Festival elementary schools in our Susanville School District. We passed out age appropriate activity books all about hand washing at the schools for the students to work on in class with their teachers. We also performed for our School Board of Trustees! It was such a hit!

We went up to the community’s Halloween festival and handed out information on the importance of hand washing to over 1,000 kids and reminded them to wash before digging into their Halloween candy!

Coloring Contest elementary schools in our Susanville School District. We passed out age appropriate activity books all about hand washing at the schools for the students to work on in class with their teachers. We also performed for our School Board of Trustees! It was such a hit!

We held a coloring contest where kids had to color a picture of a child washing their hands and then had to write in one of the important times to wash hands. Jeremy Germ presented the winners with a prize of $25 and a children’s book!

The School! contest entries and a poster board with handouts all with the key hand washing messages. This way, we were able to reach out to everybody that came in the bank!

We spread the message at Diamond View School by posting bulletin boards and signs reminding kids to wash hands. We also wrote a message on the school marquee and reminded kids to wash over the school intercom daily before lunchtime.

Public Service Announcement contest entries and a poster board with handouts all with the key hand washing messages. This way, we were able to reach out to everybody that came in the bank!

We recorded this Public Service Announcement that a local radio station agreed to broadcast for us. It features our star characters Jeremy Germ and the Germinators and tells people how to wash hands properly. Everybody that listens to this station heard the important key hand washing messages!

(Be sure that you are viewing the Power Point in Slide Show mode so that you can hear our recorded PSA .)

Newspaper Article contest entries and a poster board with handouts all with the key hand washing messages. This way, we were able to reach out to everybody that came in the bank!

The campaign was such a big hit in the community, the local newspaper published an article about it!

We had so much fun! contest entries and a poster board with handouts all with the key hand washing messages. This way, we were able to reach out to everybody that came in the bank!

The SNAP Challenge contest entries and a poster board with handouts all with the key hand washing messages. This way, we were able to reach out to everybody that came in the bank!

We entered our campaign into the National Healthy Schools, Healthy People, It’s a SNAP” challenge. The “Healthy Schools, Healthy People handwashing program is a joint initiative of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Cleaning Institute. The School Network for Absenteeism Prevention (SNAP) program seeks to improve hand hygiene habits among students to help prevent the spread of infectious disease and reduce related absenteeism. SNAP is a grassroots, education-based effort to improve health by making hand cleaning an integral part of the school day.

We had our National Awards Ceremony at the Local Children’s Fair! To make it more special we set up an entire activity area dedicated to promote our message of the importance of handwashing! Kids loved it!

The Awards Ceremony Germinators. Pictured below is Bethany DuVarney, the author, and R.W. McBride the illustrator.

Nancy Bock (speaking) and Martha Chapin came from the American Cleaning Institute in Washington D.C. to host the ceremony. The Center For Disease Control and Prevention unfortunately could not make it but they made a wonderful video honoring us that we played at the ceremony. The Lassen County Superintendent of Schools, the Susanville School District Superintendent and the Diamond View School Principal all came as speakers to honor the project and the award.